"I look like the people that walk down the street. I don't have perfect boobs, I don't have zero cellulite - of course I don't - and I'm curvy," she told The Sun. "If that is something that makes women feel empowered in any way, that's great.

"On a deeper, subconscious level, it's one of the reasons why I've allowed my stupid self to be so naked on screen.

"It's partly because I do believe that it's right for the character and it's right for the story but it's also knowing that not many people do that, actually â€” and not just that, but I'm a normal person."

Winslet added that she doesn't care that she has aged 15 years since she appeared topless as a 21-year-old in 1997's Titanic.

"Oh my God, I couldn't give a s**t. I'm so much less self-conscious and I think that's something to do with getting older and acceptance of one's self, feeling stronger, feeling more confident.

"I think confidence does come with time and I've been really surprised by that actually. I remember being 21 and imagining that at 36 my t*ts would be around my knees and I would have bad hair and terrible teeth.

"When you are younger, somehow being in your later 30s just seems really old. But I feel stronger, fitter and more comfortable in my own skin now than I have ever done."